A world without cubicles is just one of the benefits awaiting the holder of a Hospitality Management degree. Those in this career can ply their trade in hotels, restaurants, senior living communities, corporate facilities, casinos and even palaces and embassies. The list is long, but in short, any setting where good people and management skills are in demand.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida announced earlier this week that it secured a new seven-year, $750 million loan. They'll use the money to pay off an existing loan that was set to mature in 2014.
Those who follow the tribe's finances say the loan indicates...

The course is "Introduction to Casino Gambling," but upon entering the classroom, one might be tempted to place a bet at the roulette wheel, the craps table or any of the other table game layouts.
As he stared at the roulette wheel, Christopher Lamb...

Local commuters and Ravens fans should get ready for major gridlock near the city's gridiron.
Transportation officials are warning of heavy traffic congestion in South Baltimore — and bracing for its spread into the downtown area — as lane...

The $87 million expansion to Miami Jai-Alai is complete, and the grand opening is today.
It will be called Casino Miami Jai-Alai and include 1,050 slot machines with all the games everyone else has, including penny slots, an expanded poker room,...

Eleven years have passed since the Cordish Cos. broke ground on their first casino venture, a project with the Seminole tribe of Florida.
Since then, the Baltimore-based developer, which builds and runs urban retail and entertainment venues, has been involved with at least four other gaming sites across the country.
But after a handful of lawsuits, false starts and soured partnerships, only one property remains in the company's gambling portfolio: the Maryland Live casino, scheduled to open Wednesday at...

Dorsey Nicola was shaking the dice and staring down the green felt, where chips were stacked like miniature skyscrapers and multiplying. The craps table was hot last week as a half-dozen students lined the perimeter and Nicola kept throwing sixes.
The winnings went ignored in this windowless room tucked into a back corner of an Anne Arundel Community College satellite campus. Students glued their attention instead to the dealer's clever tricks to coax tips from players and calculate payouts, crucial...

Regulatory agencies
Two federal agencies oversee American Indian gambling operations. Within the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Indian Gaming Management approves how tribes spend gambling money if tribal members get dividends from that income, but plays no role in enforcement.
The National Indian Gaming Commission regulates and enforces federal Indian gambling law. An independent agency, the Gaming Commission was created by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. It has a chairman appointed...

Even in Las Vegas, apparently, there are limits.
In July, gaming regulators slapped the Planet Hollywood casino with a $500,000 fine for its Prive nightclub's bad behavior, including "topless and lewd activity" and dumping club-goers in the casino "in various states of consciousness."
The same month, the Rio closed its Sapphire topless pool, managed by a local gentleman's club, after authorities arrested 10 people on suspicion of prostitution and drug crimes. Over Labor Day weekend, eight more arrests...

by Rebecca Cole and updated President Barack Obama today appointed Earl E. Devaney to serve as chairman, along with Vice-President Joe Biden, of the new Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board. Devaney, a former white-collar crime investigator for t